AI startup Anthropic now worth 183 billion – it would be the third-largest company in Germany

The US AI startup Anthropic raises $13 billion in a Series F round led by Iconiq Capital.

The US AI startup Anthropic, known for its chatbot Claude, has raised $13 billion in a new financing round. This increases the company's valuation to $183 billion—more than triple its March 2025 valuation. By comparison, only SAP and Siemens would be more valuable in Germany.

At that time, the valuation was still at $61.5 billion. The current Series F round was led by investment firm Iconiq Capital. Other well-known investors include Fidelity, Lightspeed, the Qatar Investment Authority, Blackstone, and Coatue.

Anthropic – founded by former OpenAI employees who were critical of their former employer's development strategy – emphasized its focus on AI safety and ethical development in comparison to Open AI and other AI developers during its European expansion.

Guillaume Princen, Anthropic's European CEO, told Sifted in June 2025: "Anthropic is first and foremost an AI safety company. There's something profoundly European about the way Anthropic thinks about building AI."

The startup, founded in 2021, had already announced its intention to grow massively in Europe in the spring, including filling over 100 new positions.

With annual revenue that, according to the company, has increased from one billion dollars to over five billion dollars by 2025, Anthropic is now one of the most important players in the global AI race.

Acclaim in Washington? Anthropic was added to the US government's list of approved providers in August. As a result, Anthropic even offers its services to public agencies for a symbolic dollar.